Valve



Patented Mar. 6, 1934 PATENT OFFICE VALVE Alfred E. Nave and Carl B. Naucrt, Evansville,-

Ind.,

assignor to Servel, Inc, New York, N. Y., a

corporation of Delaware Application February 25, 1933, Serial No. 658,637 Claims. (Cl. 251-116) This invention relates to a water valve or fancet for controlling the discharge of drinking water from a refrigerated water cooler.

There are deviceson the market which have the water valve placed in the line in such position that water flows from the valve first to the cooling unit and thence from the cooling unit to the point of discharge.

It is an object of the invention to provide an 9 improvement over the above construction having a water valve constructed to control, directly adjacent the point of discharge, the fiowof water from a water cooler.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 is a vertical section illustrating one embodiment of the present invention; and- Fig. 2 is a perspective of the valve illustrating its application.

Referring to the drawing, a cabinet 10 is adapted to contain a cooling chamber or coil .(not

'shown) into which *water from a bottle 11 or source of supply (not shown) is admitted to be cooled. Such container or cooling coil is adapted to be refrigerated by a refrigerating unit, also not shown, contained within the cabinet 10.

The chilled drinking water is discharged through one or moreorifices 12 in a valve housing 13 secured by any desired means to the cabinet 1 0.

Water from the cooling receptacle or cooling coil is connected by means of a pipe 14 with a.

chamber 15 formed in an outwardly projecting portion of the housing 13. This chamber com municates with a transverse valve chamber 16. Located in the transverse-chamber .16 is a body 17 provided with a valve seat 18 at its inner'end, said body 17 having a passage 19 for liquid communicating with the chamber 15 and a second passage 20 surrounded by the valve seat 18 so that'water can flow from the pipe 14 from chamber 15 through passages 19 and .20 and be discharged from the housing through the discharge tion by means of a spring 24 which has its ends encircling bosses 25 and 21' on the housing and valve respectively. Leakage around the opposite end of the valve-stem is prevented by means of a packing nut 26 adapted to compress packing (not shown) against the valve stem.

In order to unseat the valve 21 to permit water to flow from the cabinet it is necessary to move the valve stem 22 axially and to accomplish this result an operating lever'27 is fulcrumed at 28 on a bracket 29 secured on the inner face of the housing 13 by means of screws or other fastening elements 30. The short end of the lever 27 overlies the end of the valve stem 22 while the opposite or long end of the lever is curved at right angles and is provided with a manipulating button 31 which projects through an opening 32 in a supporting plate '13 for the housing 13.

When the button 31 is pushed the lever will be oscillated on its pivot 28 to impart endwise movement to the valve stem and thus permit water to be discharged from the cooler.

The lever may be positively connected to the valve stem if desired. The push button 31 also may be located. in any desired position, being shown in its preferred position directly beneath and behind the discharge orifices 12, thus permitting a drinking glass or cup to be filled by pushing the button with the fingers that hold the drinking glass. The housing 13 is preferably provided with the marginal'flange or plate 13' for fitting snugly against the front wall of the cab- 'the drawing, but only as indicated in the. ap-

pended claims.

What is claimed is;

1. A valve casing provided with a discharge orifice and having a supporting plate, a valve for controlling discharge of water from said casing, a rearwardly projecting valve stem supporting said valve, a lever pivotedwith one end overlying the rear end of the valve stem and its other end turned at right angles and projecting forwardly through said plate in a position to be manually manipulated for permitting discharge 2. 'A valve comprising a valve casing provided with a discharge orifice in'its underside, a plate for supporting said casing, a valve seat in close proximity to said discharge orifice, a valve for cooperation with said seat, a rearwardly extending valve stem supporting said valve, and a lever having one end overlying the rear end of said stem and its other end disposed at right angles to its main body portion and projecting through said plate, said lever-being pivotally supported i movable transversely-of the plane of the plate,

' operating means for said valve comprising a lever having one end iated withthe valve stem in a manner to unseat the valve when the lever is operated'and having its other end accessible to thefront side of the plate, and a pivotal'support for the intermediate portion of said lever.

4. A valve assembly comprising a plate provided with an outwardly extending enlargement on its front face having a fluid discharge orifice a valve movable transversely of the plane oi the plate for,controlling the flow of fluid, means for unseating said valve comprising a lever disposed angularly relative to the valve and adapted to berocked on its support for opening the valve;

5. A plate, a housing associated .with said plate, a discharge orifice for, said housing spaced forwardlyof said plate, a supply line connected to said housin a reciprocable valve for controlling fluid passage through said housing, means for maintaining .said valve in itsclosed position, and'a lever pivoted in spaced relation tosaid valve and having one end associated withthe valve and its other end provided with a push button, the arrangement being such that when the pushbutton is manipulated passage for fluid is aiiorded through said housing.

' 6. A faucet comprising a body having a substantiallyvertical plate with a projection extending therefrom, said body having a'passage terminating in a downward discharge orifice in said projection, said h dy also having an aperture in said plate below said orifice, a valve controltending therefrom, said body having a passage ling said passage, and means accessible through said aperture for operating said valve. K

'7. A faucet comprising a body having a substantially vertical plate with a 'proiectionextending therefrom, said bodir having a passage 80 terminating in a downward discharge orifice in said projection, said body also an aperture in said plate below said orifice, a normally closed valve in said passage, and manualmeans having a; member in said aperture for opening 7 said valve. L I v '8. A faucet comprising a body having a substantially vertical plate with a projection exterminating in a downward discharge orifice in said projection, said body also having an aperture in said plate below said orifice, anormally closed valve in said passage, a push button in said aperture, and means associated with said push button and valve for opening the valve upon op-/ eration of said push button.

9. A faucet comprising a metal casting hav .ing a substantially vertical plate portion with a projection extending laterally therefrom, said casting being providedwith a passage terminating in a downward discharge orifice in said projection, and an aperture in said plate below said orifice,v a valve controlling said passage, and means accessible through said aperture for operating said valve. 1 5 10. A faucet comprising a body having a plate portion provided with a lateral projection having a passage terminating in a discharge orifice constructed to discharge liquid substantially parallel to said plate portion, said plate portion also beingprovided with an opening adjacent-the discharge orifice, a valve controlling 'saidf'passage, and means accessible through said opening for'operating said valve. r

' ALFRED E. NAVE. 11F

CARL H. NAUERT. 

